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Fifth generation Russian fighter plane to be ready in 2007
RIA Novosti ^

Posted on 01/18/2006 7:35:29 AM PST by Srirangan

Moscow: Russia's fifth-generation fighter plane will be ready in 2007, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force Vladimir Mikhailov said Tuesday.

"Work to build the fifth-generation plane is going according to schedule," he said.

Mikhailov said, however, that the project had encountered some financial problems after civilian aircraft were produced using the money allocated in the budget for the fighter planes.

"Clearly, the development of aviation technology will depend on specific military and economic conditions, determining the progress of reform in the Russian armed forces and the country's aircraft construction industry. However, Russia will continue to be a leading aircraft-building power," he said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
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To: finnman69

21 posted on 01/18/2006 7:54:44 AM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: xrp

I think this plane has been shelved.

22 posted on 01/18/2006 7:56:33 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: finnman69

23 posted on 01/18/2006 7:56:35 AM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Pukin Dog
It doesn't carry enough gas to go around the block.

That's the standard TomCatter response, isn't it?
24 posted on 01/18/2006 8:00:42 AM PST by BIGLOOK (Order of Battle: Sink or capture as Prize MS Media)
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To: Srirangan

LOL the Pak-FA looks a Raptor rip off just like they rip off everything else.


25 posted on 01/18/2006 8:10:22 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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To: BIGLOOK
Yes, because it is important. What is the point of being up there if you cant fight for fear of running out of gas?
26 posted on 01/18/2006 8:11:37 AM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Pukin Dog
Just joshin' ya Dog.
You guys ribbed the Hornets on the same point.

VQ-1, Danang
We carried fuel for a mission and a half.
27 posted on 01/18/2006 8:28:52 AM PST by BIGLOOK (Order of Battle: Sink or capture as Prize MS Media)
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To: Pukin Dog

Hey Pukin Dog!

This is a bit OT, but are you still sure the F-35 is going to be cancelled?

I think you may be right that the F-35 will be cut because I read a few weeks ago that the Pentagon was cancelling one of the engines that would be used for the F-35.


28 posted on 01/18/2006 8:36:39 AM PST by GOPGuide
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To: Srirangan

Mikhailov said, however, that the project had encountered some financial problems after civilian aircraft were produced using the money allocated in the budget for the fighter planes.
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Hmm... so Russia passenger plane production is socialized? Boeing and Airbus need not worry. :)


29 posted on 01/18/2006 8:37:17 AM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/secondaryproblemsofsocialism.htm)
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To: GOPGuide
Yes. I was off my my predicted dates, but not on the ultimate outcome for that aircraft.
30 posted on 01/18/2006 8:38:48 AM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Rockitz

Let us not forget the super cavitating torpedo - as I understand it, this lovely is capable of "flying" through the water at airborne missile like speeds, drastically reducing countermeasure and reaction/response time.


31 posted on 01/18/2006 8:45:48 AM PST by 70times7 (An open mind is a cesspool of thought)
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To: xrp

There are also some reports from the Indians that:

1) The canard wing has been scrapped in favor of a standard planform to reduce production costs/complexity.

2) The date that the Russians were originally using for production was 2009, not 2007.

3) The Russians were also talking about possible funding constraints in this project. (Priorities went to commercial aircraft development.)

Sounds to me like the good General has got himself a nifty new fighter that got its budget chopped, so he's shopping it around to the Indians to get THEM to "build it under license". (Actually to fund and finish up the project for the Reds.)

Looks like a hot ride, but the size (70,000+ lb), lack of aerial refuel and rest of the configuration shown in your picture would limit the bird to VERY long, well-maintained runways and a high speed/high altitude/maybe 200 mile radius interceptor role.

How it would do as a dogfighter with the standard swept wing and all that weight............


32 posted on 01/18/2006 8:48:39 AM PST by Unrepentant VN Vet (I can't really accept a welcome home until the last MIA does.)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

Sounds like it is a pig!


33 posted on 01/18/2006 8:54:45 AM PST by xrp
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To: Pukin Dog

"I was off my my predicted dates, but not on the ultimate outcome for that aircraft."

Or, in English, you mean that our Glorious Congresscriters want to milk the weapons program for all the pork it's worth before the DoD takes the plane off of life support? ;)


34 posted on 01/18/2006 8:55:59 AM PST by GOPGuide
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet
Why youse guys think this kite can't be aerially refueled?

Isn't it possible that it has an retractable internal probe that stores flush with the skin, and then pops out for pit stops? The frog version of the Jaguar seems to have one that is barely visible. Maybe we ain't the only guys the Russkis steal from.

35 posted on 01/18/2006 8:58:12 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (End vote fraud. End the Democrat Party.)
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To: bmwcyle

That's an Su-34, it's a 4th generation Strike Fighter. A 2 seat (side by side configuration) conversion of the Su-27.


36 posted on 01/18/2006 8:59:17 AM PST by rattrap
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To: JudgemAll

More reverse engineering by the Russians.


37 posted on 01/18/2006 9:01:12 AM PST by bmwcyle (As the left takes to the streets the too many lazy Freeper sleep)
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To: Srirangan

Does it haved an "OH CRAP" button for when a Raptor gets a lock on it.


38 posted on 01/18/2006 9:11:25 AM PST by bannedfromdu
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To: xrp

No, I wouldn't call it a pig.

Don't think I'd like to drive one if I was in a serious dispute with an F-22, though. (Not really sure about my odds against a Hornet, either, and the 'Bug is a twenty-year-old design.)

Lacking any better information, for now I'll call it Lima Echo Tango = Large, expensive target.


39 posted on 01/18/2006 9:19:07 AM PST by Unrepentant VN Vet (I can't really accept a welcome home until the last MIA does.)
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To: bmwcyle

man, could they have ripped off the raptor just a little bit more?


40 posted on 01/18/2006 9:39:47 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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